On 15 May 2008 17:03:29 GMT, "Jeronimus"
wrote:

In addition to the discussions concerning leeboards and Bouler's neighbour's toy some pictures of leeboards (or ships with them) and 'sloepen'.

In the old days the sloep (sloop) was used as a tender or sometimes lifeboat on larger ships, nowadays quite the thing to go cruising the Dutch canals in. They range in length from approximately 5 metres to 11 metres and in price from 15.000 Euros to upwards of 150.000 Euros. Some have been to designed for speeds up to 30 knots others are equipped with an electric or diesel-electric engine for slow cruising only.

Hope you enjoy,

regards,

Jeroen

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Some of the leeboards look like they could be Viking Longships. The
old square sails replacesd by more efficient rigging which allows
better pointing into the wind. Are some of a design that that may
trace their origins to those ancient ships? Interesting to think that
a hull originally developed thousands of years ago is still in use
today. Says a lot for those shipbuilders.

LdB